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Massachusetts has first human EEE case in 6 years; 9 communities at critical risk
WCVB Updated: 3:15 PM EDT Aug 10, 2019
BOSTON ?
A human case of Eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in Massachusetts, the first in the state in six years, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The DPH said laboratory testing confirmed the EEE virus infection in a man older than 60 from southern Plymouth County. State health officials did not indicate which community the man resides in.
This is the first human case of EEE in Massachusetts since 2013.
As a result, state health officials raised the risk level to critical in nine southeastern Massachusetts communities on Saturday.
The communities on the critical risk list are Carver, Lakeville, Marion, Middleborough, Rochester and Wareham in Plymouth County and Acushnet, Freetown and New Bedford in Bristol County...
Massachusetts has first human EEE case in 6 years; 9 communities at critical risk
WCVB Updated: 3:15 PM EDT Aug 10, 2019
BOSTON ?
A human case of Eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in Massachusetts, the first in the state in six years, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The DPH said laboratory testing confirmed the EEE virus infection in a man older than 60 from southern Plymouth County. State health officials did not indicate which community the man resides in.
This is the first human case of EEE in Massachusetts since 2013.
As a result, state health officials raised the risk level to critical in nine southeastern Massachusetts communities on Saturday.
The communities on the critical risk list are Carver, Lakeville, Marion, Middleborough, Rochester and Wareham in Plymouth County and Acushnet, Freetown and New Bedford in Bristol County...
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